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Glasgow researchers use machine learning to build network digital twin | Computer Weekly
5+ hour, 5+ min ago (415+ words) Sergey Nivens - stock. adobe. com Researchers at the University of Glasgow have developed a new way to test networks, which they claim is 25, 000 times faster than traditional approaches. Shenjia Ding, a research student at the university's School of Computing Science,…...
Google AI workers vote to unionise over IDF and US military tech | Computer Weekly
6+ hour, 4+ min ago (437+ words) Google AI workers in the UK have launched a pioneering unionisation bid to end use of their technology by Israel and the US military. The British-based Google Deep Mind employees " who aim to become the first frontier artificial intelligence (AI)…...
IBM: Enterprise AI to shift from "light bulb" to "electric motor" era
8+ hour, 34+ min ago (696+ words) We are set to see artificial intelligence (AI) shift from experimental and piecemeal use cases to factory automation levels of productivity. That's equivalent to the 19th century transition when electricity became available to factories " first it lit them and made working…...
Tech industry slowly dropping DEI efforts, finds Harvey Nash survey
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (828+ words) Tech workers feel the sector has seen a decrease in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) focus over the past two years, according to research from Harvey Nash. The technology recruitment firm found that a large number of tech workers (84%) believe…...
Mastering a marathon with the future of healthtech
8+ hour, 34+ min ago (338+ words) In this week's Computer Weekly, we look at how digital twins of the human body are helping athletes prepare for the London Marathon. We find out how AI is set to deliver new driving experiences in the latest cars. And…...
Google's Agentic Data Cloud to power "systems of action'
8+ hour, 34+ min ago (827+ words) The days of the glorified artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot are over, with more enterprises starting to embrace the era of autonomous agents rummaging through corporate data. At the recent Google Cloud Next 2026 conference in Las Vegas, Google took the wraps…...
CSA: Take AI cyber threats to the boardroom
8+ hour, 34+ min ago (702+ words) The highest levels of leadership at Singapore's critical information infrastructure (CII) providers have been urged to urgently review their cyber defences, as rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) threaten to upend current risk management assumptions. In an open letter to the…...
UK's NCSC warns of "wave of patches" | Computer Weekly
1+ day, 25+ min ago (808+ words) J'rgen F'lchle - stock. adobe. c Whether or not Anthropic's Claude Mythos frontier AI model is going to be a game changer for software vulnerability discovery, or whether it is a load of hot air, remains to be seen, but the…...
How a cloud-native architecture handles persistent storage | Computer Weekly
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1432+ words) Cloud-native, or containerised, applications are now mainstream. As many as 82% of enterprises now have Kubernetes in production, according to the Cloud Native Computing Forum (CNCF). That is up from 66% in 2023. And a full 98% of organisations have at least some cloud-native…...
How Australian firms are using AI in customer experience
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1624+ words) At the recent Zendesk Future of Service event in Sydney, Australian technology leaders provided a rare glimpse into how they are applying" or preparing to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to customer service. Along with the local case studies, Zendesk chief…...